RoboWiki

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RoboWar is an engaging robot battle simulation game where players can program their own robots to fight in the grand arena. Robots can be programmed to run routines in order to defeat their enemies.

What is RoboWar?
More specifically, RoboWar is a game that can be played and downloaded for free.

The game consists of an arena where you can load robots to fight each other. Each robot can be outfitted with a variety of weapons and other hardware, custom icons and sounds, and most importantly, battle routines in order to win the match.

You can easily load robots from previous tournaments which are often held, or simply create your own robot. It takes a little skill to design a robot, but if you follow examples from previous robots and browse through the RoboTalk Instruction Reference, you'll find it's not as daunting as it may first seem.

Robots are programmed in what's called Reverse Polish Notation. Operations (including addition, subtraction, less than, if, jump, store, and others) are performed after putting items on the stack. For example, if you wanted to add 3 and 5 together, instead of writing 3 + 5 as you normally would, you would write 3 5 +.

Where can I find RoboWar?
There are currently a few different versions in existence.


 * RoboWar 4.5.2 for Mac OS Classic is the latest official build for the Macintosh. This only works in Classic Mac OS, however, and is not Mac OS X compatible.
 * RoboWar 5, a port by Kevin Hertzberg for Windows, is mostly to fully compatible with the original Macintosh version. Older robots can be converted to the new version. (RoboWar 5 can be run on Intel Macintosh computers using Darwine.)
 * RoboWar II, another port for Windows by Mark Wagner is somewhat to mostly compatible with the original version. Old robots cannot be imported into the new version. This version deviates slightly from the original program.
 * A Java version of RoboWar was developed and is partially functional, by Lucas Dixon. (Link not currently available.)
 * A Mac OS X port may be in the works by Sam Rushing but no other information is available, nor if or when it will be released.


 * 25 April 2008 - What's So and What's Next
 * I am Mproud and have been playing with RoboWar on-again, off-again since its early days as a kid. I think it's a great game that with a little more visibility and better resources could easily attract more people and enliven the small and dedicated RoboWar community.


 * The main goal for this wiki is to establish a resource for helping people learn about RoboWar. There is a wealth of knowledge out there, and aside from the in-game reference manual to a few scattered pages on the Internet (that are quickly disappearing) there is not much to offer for the curious-minded RoboWar beginner.


 * I want to make this into something that can connect new people into the RoboWar community, to strengthen what we currently have into a central place, and get people talking and playing again! They're lofty goals, but with a little effort, results will come.


 * If you are familiar with RoboWar already, please check in the Content section on this page, check the Wanted Articles and Stubs. If creating an article, choose something specific and stick to basic things. Don't create articles for individual robots (yet). Other than that, have fun, and welcome.

Mproud 02:53, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * 22 April 2008 - RoboWiki is born
 * The RoboWiki is in its infancy and is in desperate need for content! We need savvy players to spend some time creating and editing articles for the site. Tell your friends and bookmark the RoboWiki here on Wikia.


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We need many new articles to help new and old RoboWar players alike.
 * New Articles


 * Need help with a Getting Started guide...
 * Introducton to RoboTalk...
 * Types of Robots that can be commonly found throughout RoboWar-dom...
 * Weapons, what they are, and how to use them...
 * History of RoboWar from its humble beginnings...
 * Tournament History with results from each contest...
 * Some articles on Basic Strategies...
 * Articles going further, offering Advanced Strategies and individual pages therein...
 * Robots (published code of the basic sample robots)...
 * Upload some images of each view...

''Add articles to the Instruction Reference, a comprehensive encyclopedia of code and how to use each instruction. (Follow the format in the section of the wiki, or follow the format of existing instruction pages.)''
 * Instruction Reference


 * Operators, such as < or >, Dist, Jump, Sqrt, or Tan...
 * Registers, such as ...Bottom, Chronon, Missile, Shield, Speedx or Speedy...
 * Interrupts, such as Damage, Radar, or Wall...
 * Assembler Directives...

To write a new article, just enter the title in the box below.

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 * Not sure where to start?
 * Find out more about the wiki on the About page.
 * If you are new to wikis, check out the tutorial.


 * Adding content
 * Every wiki has two list of articles that need help called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, get in there.
 * Uploading images is another really easy way to help out - see the Special:Upload page!
 * You can find a list of useful templates on Category:Templates, some of which are documented on the templates project page.


 * Talk and more...
 * Check out the community portal to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi.


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